BRX vs. EQR, IRM, WY, SBAC, ARE, VTR, ESS, MAA, SUI, and DOC
Should you be buying Brixmor Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brixmor Property Group include Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), SBA Communications (SBAC), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Ventas (VTR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), and Healthpeak Properties (DOC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) and Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
Brixmor Property Group currently has a consensus price target of $25.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.22%. Equity Residential has a consensus price target of $68.41, suggesting a potential upside of 5.13%. Given Brixmor Property Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brixmor Property Group is more favorable than Equity Residential.
Equity Residential has a net margin of 31.70% compared to Brixmor Property Group's net margin of 22.47%. Brixmor Property Group's return on equity of 9.84% beat Equity Residential's return on equity.
98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Equity Residential shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Equity Residential shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Equity Residential has higher revenue and earnings than Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Residential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Equity Residential had 1 more articles in the media than Brixmor Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Equity Residential and 5 mentions for Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Equity Residential's score of 1.10 indicating that Brixmor Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Residential has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equity Residential received 62 more outperform votes than Brixmor Property Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.06% of users gave Brixmor Property Group an outperform vote while only 47.77% of users gave Equity Residential an outperform vote.
Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Brixmor Property Group pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity Residential pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Equity Residential beats Brixmor Property Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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